Back around Christmas 2000, the world seemed so different. There was no Homeland Security, Madonna was on top of the charts, and Center City…
“Fox On The Run”
On Christmas Eve 1976, i was an 11-year-old boy holed up at my family’s owned and run flower shop waiting for my parents to…
“More, More, More”
it’s 1975 and America is exploding as the sexual revolution ramps up. The Pill, equal rights for women and gays, and easing of attitudes…
“It’s A Sin”
1986, now there’s an interesting year, and by interesting, I mean difficult. I was a college kid barely out of the closet and trying…
Sylver Alert Playlist 3.21.17
STILL THE ONE/ORLEANS FIRE/POINTER SISTERS FIRE IN THE MORNING/MELISSA MANCHESTER PASS THE DUTCHIE/MUSICAL YOUTH ONLY THE LONELY/THE MOTELS THORN IN MY SIDE/EURYTHMICS DIARY/BREAD IKO,…
“Lonely Boy”
I was 11 years old in 1977 and working weekends for my father at a flea market flower shop in New Brunswick, NJ. This…
Sylver Alert Playlist 3.14.17
I’M NOT GONNA LET/COLONEL ABRAMS TROUBLE/LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM THE LOCO-MOTION/GRAND FUNK RAILROAD COOL (PART 1)/THE TIME SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY/DONNA SUMMER DANCE WITH…
“Mickey”
Well, Miss Toni Basil, I think I know exactly what you are singing about!! Who died and crowned you Liza?? Even as a 15-year-old…
“Kids In America”
Now, there’s a song that still gives me a great feeling. From the early high school days, “Kids In America” is a Reagan era…
Sylver Alert Playlist 3.7.17
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE/CHIC NEUTRON DANCE/POINTER SISTERS MAGIC/PILOT NEED YOU TONIGHT/INXS TOO SHY/KAJAGOOGOO I LOVE ROCK-N-ROLL/JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS THEME FROM “CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF…